Garden of Life Dr. Formulated Brain Health 100% Organic Coconut MCT Oil 16 fl oz Unflavored, 13g MCTs, Keto & Paleo Diet Friendly Body & Brain Fuel, Certified Non-GMO Vegan & Gluten Free, Hexane-Free

Superior MCT Oil!

First of all, I did not receive a free product for my review. I'm leaving a review because I am so delighted to finally find a MCT oil that doesn't contain harmful solvents (like hexane). This tastes good and it actually tested good for me (using kinesiology). I get no bad reaction from it at all. In fact, it lifts my mood somewhat. This MCT oil is so much better than that horrible Brain Octane and XCT oil that Bulletproof pushes. No matter how many times and ways I tried theirs it always made me sick. I finally wised up and tested theirs and it contains harmful solvents. I hope Garden of Life continues to make theirs hexane free. The only downside is this MCT oil doesn't make good plain mayonnaise because of the slight coconut taste (unless you're making tartar sauce for coconut prawns or something). Still a superior 5 star product though. Yaay

278 persons found it helpful

Makes the best Coffee ever!

Love this mct oil. I make my special coffee with it every morning. It keeps me focused and full. Very satisfied and this is my 2nd bottle to buy. No taste or smell, clears my brain fog fast! Whip it in your coffee with cream and sprinkle with cinnamon. YUM

173 persons found it helpful

Brain health.. you have to trust Dr. David Perlmutter

It took 7 to 10 days for me to see a real benefit, for that first week and a half I was still cloudy and doubting the benefits. I can now attest I have improved clarity, articulation, and my ability to express myself has improved greatly. I feel this product is the key to that. There's no other explanation

137 persons found it helpful

Great Product

I put some MCT oil in my cold matcha tea blended drink with almond milk. I would suggest easing into consuming it, as it does have a laxative effect (one reason I wanted it). I use 1/2 tablespoon per cup, per day. You can move up from there gradually. I have to agree with a bunch of people that the container is difficult to have a controlled dispensing from it. BUT -- please people -- please rate the product, not the container it is in!! I filled an empty glass spice jar (small one) and then dispensed the oil from that. Problem solved

135 persons found it helpful

Works great. Little side effects

I have heard about the benefits of Mct oil for several year now. I tried another brand and I just couldn't tolerate it consistently. I tried taking 1/2 tb for 2 weeks and moving up to 1 tb mixed in my coffee. Some days I would feel fine, while most days it left me feeling nauseous or with bad stomach pains or other gastrointestinal issues. Didn't matter if I took it with or without food. What made it more frustrating is that the oil worked. It did satiate my hunger and it made me feel fuller faster when I ate. I was disappointed thinking I just couldn't tolerate mct oil. Then I read an article stating different brands use different quality processing for their mct and I saw this Garden Of Life brand. I use GOL probiotics and knew they had a solid reputation for good quality products so I took a chance. I'm so glad I did as this has been such a different experience. Not only have I been able to tolerate this much better, it works as all the claims said it would. I get fuller quicker, my appetite is surpressed and my weight has decreased. In roughly 3 mos I have lost 10 lbs. I will get an occasional stomach discomfort but the symptoms are very mild and don't last long when they do occur. Nothing that would out weigh the benefits. As far as the taste, I read other reviews where some people said it has a coconut taste while others said no taste. That didn't make sense until I tried it myself. It's very odd in that some days I don't notice any taste while other days I taste a hint of coconut. It's so faint that it doesn't ruin or alter anything that I put it in. I definitely will be ordering this again

115 persons found it helpful

Great product

I got this for my husband who is always saying he suffers from brain fog while at work… He says he can really tell a difference. It improves his focus and clears the fog. He also likes using it before working out at the gym! It doesn't really taste like anything so it's easy to hide it in foods or drinks. I like to put it in hot oatmeal because it blends in pretty well. Obviously if you try to mix it into something cold and liquidy it doesn't blend and you will have oil on the top of the beverage. You definitely want to have a little something in your stomach or it may make you feel sort of nauseous. Over all we are happy with this product and will buy more when we run out

90 persons found it helpful

Lauric Acid (C12) raises CHOLESTEROL!

I have used MCT oil for many years and when I purchased this one and started taking it, I had horrible nausea and headaches. I decided to check the bottle and found out it contained different ingredients than I'm used to, so I did a little research on the lauric acid that was not in my previous MCT oil. If you are worried at all about cholesterol numbers you should not buy this brand but by a brand that specifically states that it has C8 & C10 but C12 which is lauric acid is known to raise cholesterol numbers. Many people suggest that you buy MCT oil that is just C8 but it is quite pricey. You can get a very good brand at The Big Box store with C8/C10 together (from coconuts), for a really reasonable price, which is what I will stick with from now on. Be careful when buying online .. any oils that do not specifically tell you what's in them and where it comes from. You could be taking damaging oil like palm oil and only a small portion could be from coconuts. Garden of Life is usually a great brand but bottom line, this makes me super sick and I don't want raise cholesterol

66 persons found it helpful

A more expensive oil with a minimal content of the less expensive lauric acid.

It is very important when buying MCT oil to make sure that it does not contain a high proportion of lauric acid. Apparently the lauric acid in MCT oil acts like a long chain triglyceride even though it technically is just at the limits of definition for a medium chain triglyceride (MCT). So the lauric acid will not have the same effect as the other longer chain MCT oils. Regardless of the brand, I have noticed a big difference in the reaction of my body to true MCT oils compared with MCT oils that include lauric acid. (Coconut oil has only approximately 10% oils with a shorter chain than lauric acid. Approximately 50% of the oil in coconut oil is lauric acid. The remaining 40% of oil in coconut oil has a longer chain than lauric acid). I am not underestimating the value of lauric acid. I believe it to be very beneficial. But if you are comparison shopping, do not compare prices unless you also compare the ratios of more expensive MCT oils and less expensive lauric acid. If I want to consume lauric acid, I buy coconut oil. But when I consume MCT oil, I want it with as little lauric acid as possible. Not everyone would notice a difference. For some people, MCT oil with lauric acid would be effective. So check the label and purchase what works better for you

42 persons found it helpful

Disappointing packaging

So, the good news is that they did package it inside a plastic bag before placing it in the shipping envelope. The bad news is that the seal on the inside does not appear to be manufactured well, which caused the bottle to leak all over the inside of the bag which also cause some of the green writing on the inside to bleed all over and be even more messy when handling. I'm hesitant to use the product as I can't tell if it's just a defect or a "used"/ returned product. Disappointing to say the least

34 persons found it helpful

I'm super impressed by this product so far

I'm super impressed by this product so far. This seemed to be the right price to comparable products and decided to give it a chance. Compared to 2 others brands I've tried, this one has the least smell so far (almost no smell - I have really sensitive smell), and tastes just just fine/as expected. I'm not sure what the other reviewers were saying about a coconut taste, since I found this to have not extra coconut oil taste. My only complaint is that the liquid bloops out when pouring small amounts

23 persons found it helpful

Garden of Life Dr. Formulated Brain Health

108 Reviews

Superior MCT Oil!

Makes the best Coffee ever!

Brain health.. you have to trust Dr. David Perlmutter

Great Product

Works great. Little side effects

Great product

Lauric Acid (C12) raises CHOLESTEROL!

A more expensive oil with a minimal content of the less expensive lauric acid.

Disappointing packaging

I'm super impressed by this product so far